Stock Movers

On This episode of Stock Movers:- Glencore gains as copper heads for the longest winning run since 2017 in a December rally powered by the prospect of more stress in the supply chain.- Vistry Group falls as Lloyds Bank data showed house prices in the South East of England and London fell behind regions in the north. Low affordability, increases in stamp duty and Brexit are among factors that have been blamed for a lackluster housing market over the last few years.- Arms maker Rheinmetall AG is the best performer on the Dax index this year, with a rally of 151% after Germany’s pledge to spend hundreds of billions on defense and infrastructure.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

- SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire DigitalBridge Group Inc. (DBRG) in a deal valuing the data center investor at $4 billion including debt. That caused shares of DigitalBridge to soar. The Japanese conglomerate will pay $16 per share in cash for New York-listed DigitalBridge as part of its push to invest in digital infrastructure. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026, pending regulatory approvals, and will bring to SoftBank relationships with more investors keen to deploy money in the data center industry.-Nvidia (NVDA) shares were down 1.6% at $187.45 in early trading due to broader jitters about the technology sector and its agreement to license technology from Groq. The deal valued Groq at around $20 billion and will involve Nvidia hiring many of Groq's key employees, according to reports. Tesla (TSLA) also drops. - Lululemon (LULU) founder and major shareholder Chip Wilson has nominated three new board directors to oversee the appointment of a new chief executive at the struggling activewear maker, which has also been targeted by activist investor Elliott Management.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Nvidia (NVDA) shares were down 1.6% at $187.45 in early trading due to broader jitters about the technology sector and its agreement to license technology from Groq. The deal valued Groq at around $20 billion and will involve Nvidia hiring many of Groq's key employees, according to reports.- SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire DigitalBridge Group Inc. (DBRG) in a deal valuing the data center investor at $4 billion including debt. That caused shares of DigitalBridge to soar. The Japanese conglomerate will pay $16 per share in cash for New York-listed DigitalBridge as part of its push to invest in digital infrastructure. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026, pending regulatory approvals, and will bring to SoftBank relationships with more investors keen to deploy money in the data center industry.- Lululemon (LULU) founder and major shareholder Chip Wilson has nominated three new board directors to oversee the appointment of a new chief executive at the struggling activewear maker, which has also been targeted by activist investor Elliott Management.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Novo Nordisk (NVO) cut the price of its obesity drug Wegovy in China as the Danish drugmaker gears up for a potential flood of copycats. The reduction will “help alleviate the treatment burden for patients and improve their quality of life,” a spokesperson said by email. The list prices for the two highest dosages of Wegovy were cut by half in some Chinese provinces, local media Yicai reported on Monday, citing drug-procurement documents for southwestern Chinese provinces Yunnan and Sichuan. Shares of Novo Nordisk slipped.- Praxis Precision (PRAX) rose after getting breakthrough therapy designation by FDA for its medication ulixacaltamide, which treats patients with essential tremor. - Lululemon (LULU) founder Chip Wilson is pushing for changes to the board before the yogawear company selects a new chief executive officer. Wilson, one of Lululemon’s largest shareholders, nominated three director candidates for election at the 2026 annual meeting: former On Holding co-CEO Marc Maurer, former ESPN Chief Marketing Officer Laura Gentile and former Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg. Lululemon is unlikely to reach its goal to double sales to $12.5 billion in 2026 even with a lead over its activewear peers, according to a note from Poonam Goyal, senior analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Shares of private equity firm DigitalBridge Group (DBRG) soared in premarket trading as Japan's SoftBank Group is said to near a deal to acquire DigitalBridge. The Japanese conglomerate could announce an agreement as soon as Monday for New York-listed DigitalBridge, according to sources who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Terms of the transaction, part of SoftBank’s campaign to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure, couldn’t be learned. Representatives for SoftBank and DigitalBridge declined to comment.- Shares of Lululemon Athletica (LULU) edged higher ahead of the US market open after the Wall Street Journal reported that founder Chip Wilson will launch a proxy fight to remake the company's board while it searches for a new chief executive. Citing unnamed sources, the Journal says Wilson has nominated three director candidates to the company's board, including former On Running co-CEO Marc Maurer, former ESPN Chief Marketing Officer Laura Gentile, and former Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg.- Shares of Airbus SE (AIR FP) were little changed in the early session after Bloomberg reporting that the company is churning out aircraft at a rapid clip in the final days of the year, with confidence building at the European planemaker that it can achieve the delivery goal it was forced to cut only a few weeks ago, according to people familiar with the situation. The company has delivered about 90 civil aircraft so far in December, with another 35 or so earmarked for delivery, meaning they have completed customer acceptance flights, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the figures aren’t public. Another person said management has no indication at this point that it might need to reduce its target again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.